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Moreinae

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae

Taxonomy
Moreinae was named by Stephenson (1941) [m. kosnik taxon no: 10195].

It was assigned to Muricidae by Sohl (1964), Ponder and Warén (1988); and to Pholidotomidae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Moreinae Stephenson
1964Moreinae Sohl p. 371
1988Moreinae Ponder and Warén p. 305
2005Moreinae Bouchet et al. p. 255

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyPholidotomidaeCossmann 1896
subfamilyMoreinaeStephenson 1941
subfamilyMoreinaeStephenson 1941

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. †Moreinae Stephenson 1941
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G. †Morea Conrad 1860
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†Morea cancellaria Conrad 1860
†Morea corsicanensis Stephenson 1941
†Morea marylandica Gardner 1916
†Morea rotunda Sohl 1964
†Morea transenna Stephenson 1955
G. †Paramorea Wade 1917
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†Paramorea lirata Wade 1917
G. †Schizobasis Wade 1916
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†Schizobasis depressa Wade 1916
†Schizobasis immersa Wade 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:26:18
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:26:18
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 106.30000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (64 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Paramorea lineata (6280)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) Morea cancellaria (7617)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Morea reticulata (88229)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Morea marylandica (6139)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Schizobasis sp., Morea cancellaria, Morea marylandica (7513)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Mississippi) Morea corsicanensis depressa (6660) Morea marylandica (32140) Morea transenna, Morea corsicanensis (32142)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Morea cancellaria corsicanensis, Morea cancellaria crassa, Morea marylandica bella (7472) Morea cancellaria crassa (7442 7481 7552) Morea marylandica bella (7482) Morea marylandica languida (7579)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) Morea cancellaria, Morea marylandica, Paramorea lirata, Schizobasis depressa, Schizobasis immersa (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Arkansas) Morea sp. (210622)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Morea marylandica, Paramorea lirata, Schizobasis depressa, Schizobasis immersa, Morea corsicanensis (7515)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Morea sp., Morea marylandica, Morea transenna (4277)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Morea marylandica (4102 7473 7476 7477 7478 7487 7609) Morea marylandica, Morea corsicanensis (7590 7591) Morea marylandica, Morea rotunda, Morea corsicanensis (7586 7592)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Morea sp. (4238) Morea sp., Morea rotunda (4247 4254) Schizobasis sp. (4262 4273)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Morea marylandica (4427 4441 4456 4458 4507) Morea transenna (4426)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Morea cancellaria, Morea marylandica (4369 4370) Morea marylandica (4368 4372)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Missouri) Morea transenna (4385)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Morea sp. (4178 4197) Morea sp., Morea transenna (4180) Morea transenna (4200)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) Morea cancellaria (4344)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Morea sp. (4160 4168 4171) Morea transenna (4126 4127)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Paramorea sp., Morea cancellaria, Morea marylandica, Schizobasis depressa (205445)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Morea cancellaria crassa, Morea marylandica bella (7480) Morea marylandica bella (7483) Morea sp. (205529) Morea sp., Morea marylandica (205541)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Morea marylandica (4378 4379)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Morea marylandica (205512) Morea sp. (7506)